Background Download

Asynchronous background download with retry, status tracking via Ontology, notifications to original channel. Supports resume on broken connections.

Background Download Skill

中文：后台异步下载技能

• 非阻塞下载，不占用主会话
• 支持断点续传，自动重试
• 通过 Ontology 跟踪状态
• 结果通知到原请求渠道

Asynchronous background file download with:

• Non-blocking: returns immediately to user, downloads in background
• Resumeable: uses curl/wget built-in continue (-c)
• Retry: configurable max retries (default 3)
• Status tracking: all tasks stored in Ontology knowledge graph
• Notification: sends completion/failure notification to original channel
• Housekeeping: heartbeat cleans up zombie tasks, archives old completed tasks

Commands

start - Start a new background download

bash

python3 scripts/download.py start --title "Title" --url "https://example.com/file.zip" --path "/path/to/save/file.zip" --channel "feishu:direct:user_id" [--max-retries 3]

status - Check download status by task id

bash

python3 scripts/download.py status --id down_xxxxxxx

list - List all download tasks filtered by status

bash

python3 scripts/download.py list [--status pending|downloading|completed|failed|archived]

archive - Archive old completed tasks

bash

python3 scripts/download.py archive --days 7

cleanup-zombies - Mark stale downloading tasks as failed

bash

python3 scripts/download.py cleanup-zombies --hours 2

Architecture

text

User requests download
  ↓
Create DownloadTask in Ontology (status=pending)
  ↓
Fork background download process, exit immediately (non-blocking)
  ↓
Background:
  Update status → downloading
  Loop:
    Download with curl -C - (resume)
    If success:
      Update status → completed
      Send notification to original channel
      Done
    If fail:
      retry_count += 1
      If retry_count < max_retries: wait 30s → retry
      Else:
        Update status → failed
        Send failure notification to original channel
        Done

Heartbeat daily:
  cleanup-zombies --hours 2
  archive --days 7

Ontology Schema

See references/schema.json for DownloadTask definition.

Required properties:

• title: Human-readable download name
• url: Download URL
• path: Local path to save file
• status: pending|downloading|completed|failed|archived
• retry_count: Current number of retries
• max_retries: Maximum retries (usually 3)
• created_by_channel: Original channel identifier (channel_type:channel_id:user_id) for notification

Usage Example

python

# From another skill
from scripts.download import start_download
start_download(
    title="Obsidian Windows",
    url="https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/releases/download/v1.12.4/Obsidian-1.12.4.exe",
    path="/home/user/files/Obsidian.exe",
    channel="feishu:direct:ou_xxxxxxx",
    max_retries=3
)

Notification

Completion/failure notifications are sent via openclaw message send to the original channel recorded in created_by_channel.

Requirements

• ontology skill must be installed and initialized
• curl or wget available on system